MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - JUNE 09: Lionel Messi of Argentina looks on during the Brazil Global Tour match between Brazil and Argentina at Melbourne Cricket Ground on June 9, 2017 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Robert Cianflone/Getty Images)

The Argentine Football Association have this evening announced the country’s final 23-man squad set to travel to this summer’s World Cup.

Russian showpiece

With the final fixtures from all of European football’s top leagues having been played out over the last couple of weekends, the attention of football fans the world over have now switched to international matters, with the World Cup set to begin in Russia in less than a month’s time.

Jorge Sampaoli’s Argentina squad, which is set to depend heavily on the firepower brought to the table by the Albiceleste’s rake of attacking talents, is showcased below, with the one glaring omission coming in the form of prolific Inter Milan hitman Mauro Icardi: